In Chapter 6 there are some confusing parts and this passage was confusing to me:
"The fear of losing Joe's confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimmeny-corner at night staring drearily at my for ever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue. I morbidly represented to myself that if Joe knew it, I never afterwards could see him at the fireside feeling his fair whisker without thinking that he was meditation on it. That, if Joe knew it, I never afterwards could see him glance, however casually, at yesterday's meat or pudding when it came on to-day's table without thinking that he was debating whether I had been in on the pantry. That, if Joe knew it, and at any subsequent period of our joint domestic life remarked that his beer was flat or think, the conviction that he suspected tar in it would bring a rush of blood to my face. In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong." (Ch. 6, pg. 40)
From this I understand that it is about how Pip is too cowardly to admit to doing something he knew wasn't the right thing. What I don't understand is what is hidden in this passage. I think there must be something important in the passage because it could have been said a lot easier and shorter. Thanks for your help!
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